Thompson shows faith in McCarthy at meeting

9:08 PM,
Jul. 24, 2013

Thompson

Written by

Rob Demovsky
For Oshkosh Northwestern Media

If any of the 13,000 attendees at the Green Bay Packers' shareholders meeting had any doubts about how the team's general manager felt about his head coach, those should have been erased just a few minutes into Wednesday's annual event.

Nothing from the meeting stood out more than what Ted Thompson, who took over as the Packers' general manager in 2005, said about his eighth-year coach, Mike McCarthy.

"He's not only a good coach but an excellent motivator and excellent leader," Thompson said during his 10-minute report to shareholders on the football operations. "In January 2006, we were ...